Mind Lab Pro®FAQ

Simply put, a nootropic is a brain-booster: A natural or synthetic compound that helps to enhance mental performance. Nootropics have many different mechanisms of action. They can modulate multiple brain pathways to support memory, focus, concentration, attention, motivation, relaxation, mood, alertness, stress resistance, and other aspects of cognitive function. Some nootropics also help to promote long-term brain health.

Mind Lab Pro® is a matrix of 11 evidence-backed, multi-tasking nootropics that are combined to target six pathways of mental performance: Brain energy, brain chemicals, brain circulation, brain regeneration, brain protection, and brain waves. Mind Lab Pro® is designed as a Universal Nootropic™ with diverse, far-ranging support of both short-term cognitive function and long-term brain health.

Unlike brain supplements that target one or two aspects of mental performance, Mind Lab Pro® is a whole-brain optimizer – formulated to promote an adaptive peak-performing mental state. Mind Lab Pro® benefits, therefore, manifest in many ways, and flex to meet any and all cognitive demands:

If you’re working out, you may feel more motivated and driven to excel.

At the office, you may notice enhanced multitasking or better single-task focus.

Many users report immediate cognitive benefits within a couple of hours of taking a 4-capsule double-serving of Mind Lab Pro®. Those taking a regular two-capsule serving size daily typically report noticeable mental performance enhancements within two weeks. For everyone, we recommend at least 30 days of consistent Mind Lab Pro® supplementation to best judge its effects.

Taking Mind Lab Pro® over an extended period of time will help to elevate and sustain overall peak mental performance. Beyond its performance-enhancing effects, supplementation with Mind Lab Pro® also nourishes the brain for long-term healthy function – helping to counter brain aging while maintaining healthy brain structure and neural plasticity. Mind Lab Pro® is the ultimate formula for supporting peak brain function now along with mental clarity and sharp memory decades later in life.

Take two Mind Lab Pro® capsules in the morning or early afternoon. In times of intense cognitive demands, such as before a workout, during exams, or while facing a professional deadline, Mind Lab Pro® dosage may be increased to four capsules daily for greater performance-boosting activity. Do not take more than four capsules in any 24-hour period.

Cycling refers to the practice of taking a supplement every day (the ”on cycle”), and then taking a break (the ”off cycle”). Cycling is believed to ”reset” the body’s built-up tolerance to a supplement, allowing that supplement to consistently work at its true full potency. We recommend cycling Mind Lab Pro® following a ”4 weeks on, 1 week off” schedule or a ”5 days on, 2 days off” schedule.

All 11 ingredients in Mind Lab Pro® are safe and well tolerated. But that’s just part of the story. Mind Lab Pro® is the only nootropic supplement of its kind with a clean label: No artificial colors, no preservatives, no GMO, no gluten, no caffeine and no additives. Even the capsules are clean: Premium vegan Plantcaps®. Mind Lab Pro® is 100% brain-boosting nutrition, with many ingredients in upgraded, enhanced-potency forms that are easier for the body to absorb and utilize. We take all of these quality steps to create a true Universal Nootropic™ that works for everyone, is safe and comfortable for everyone, and fits any lifestyle.

Be smart: Consult with your doctor before taking Mind Lab Pro®. Show your doctor a printout of Mind Lab Pro®’s supplement facts. It is critical to talk to your doctor before starting any supplement program; this may be especially important if you have health concerns or are taking medications. Interactions are always possible, even with Mind Lab Pro®. Also, remember that this Mind Lab Pro® website is not intended as a substitute for consulting with your doctor. This website does not provide medical advice or attempt to diagnose or treat an illness which should only be done under the direction of a healthcare professional.

Suggested Use: Take two (2) capsules in the morning or early afternoon, preferably with food. This initial dose may be increased to a maximum of four (4) capsules. Do not exceed four (4) capsules in a 24 hour period unless otherwise directed by a health care practitioner.

Warning: DO NOT use if pregnant, nursing or under the age of 18. Consult with a health care practitioner before taking this or any nutritional supplement if you have or suspect a medical condition and/or are taking any medications. If you experience any adverse reactions from taking this product discontinue immediately and contact your health care practitioner. Do not use if safety seal is broken or missing. Store in a cool dry place. KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN.

Mind Lab Pro® undergoes dozens of quality control and quality assurance checks before, during, and after the manufacturing process. Mind Lab Pro® is also validated by an independent third party auditing company that assays finished product to ensure purity, potency, label accuracy and overall quality. To learn more about the extensive quality testing that goes into Mind Lab Pro®, visit our American manufacturing arm’s website at www.optinutra.com.

Mind Lab Pro® is an open-source formula with all ingredient dosages listed clearly on the label, so you know exactly what you’re putting in your body. Many Mind Lab Pro® nootropics are presented in clinically supported dosages at a regular 2-capsule serving size. Doubling to the more intensive four-capsule serving will bring the formula up to clinical-range dosage across all 11 Mind Lab Pro® ingredients.

Racetams are a popular class of nootropics, but they don’t fit Mind Lab Pro®’s formula strategy. Racetams are lab-created synthetics; Mind Lab Pro® instead emphasizes natural and botanical nootropics. Racetams can have harsh, intensely stimulating effects; Mind Lab Pro® is designed to be a stimulant-free formula. And while racetams have a large following, their nootropic mechanisms of action are not yet well-understood – Mind Lab Pro® instead opts for more evidence-backed nootropics. Regardless, if desired, racetam-class nootropics may be taken separately – they will stack safely and effectively with the Mind Lab Pro® formula.

Standardization is a process where herbs are lab-calibrated to guarantee an exact level of their active, health-promoting compounds. Many factors can affect an herb’s potency, such as poor growing seasons, time of harvest and environmental toxins. Standardization ensures that despite these variables, the herb will consistently deliver the botanical ”active ingredients” that work to support health. Since standardization supplies customized, precise levels of active compounds, it can also be used to increase an herb’s overall potency.

Higher standardization does not necessarily equate to a better product. The method of botanical analysis may be even more important.

Previously, Mind Lab Pro® used Bacopa monnieri standardized for a minimum of 45% bacosides, as measured by Ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis) spectroscopy. UV-vis testing is typically used as a quick and affordable test used to see if botanical compounds are within range in any given herb.

Mind Lab Pro® has now upgraded to Bacopa monnieri standardized for 24% bacosides as measured by High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). Superior to UV-vis, HPLC is one of the most powerful and accurate tools in analytical chemistry, capable of separating and measuring compounds across multiple forms of botanicals, from raw herb to concentrated extract. HPLC can also quantify both desired compounds and contaminants at extremely low levels.

Mind Lab Pro®’s first Bacopa at 45% bacosides was good; our new Bacopa at 24% bacosides is better. Since our new Bacopa uses HPLC, it can be standardized with greater precision than our old UV-vis-tested Bacopa: HPLC Bacopa’s 24% bacosides is exact.

More importantly, our HPLC-standardized upgrade is now calibrated to supply the 9 bacosides found in Bacopa that are most strongly associated with nootropic activity:

Bacosine

Bacoside – A

Bacoside – I

Bacoside – II

Bacopasaponin C

Apigenin

Luteolin

Beta-sitosterol-D-glucoside

Jujubogenin isomer of Bacopasaponin C

There are 12 total bacosides present in Bacopa monnieri. When a Bacopa product is standardized for a general level of bacosides using UV-vis testing, it includes the 3 bacosides that are not nootropics. In other words, UV-vis testing may “water down” the total bacosides with non-nootropic constituents – potentially yielding a weaker brain supplement at a “higher” standardization that is not precisely measured.

Mind Lab Pro® switched from UV-vis measured Bacopa monnieri 45% bacosides to HPLC-measured Bacopa monnieri, full-spectrum, 24% bacosides, 9 bioactives in order to give our customers a more precisely calibrated botanical extract that is guaranteed to supply the 9 active nootropic bacosides that make Bacopa monnieri one of the best brain-boosting botanicals on the market.

Branded ingredients are patented, trademarked forms of nutrients that offer some type of proprietary advantage over ”plain” nutrient forms. Some are even backed by well-designed human clinical trials demonstrating their effectiveness. Like standardized herbs, branded ingredients are typically more potent than their plain counterparts. This potency may come by using a more active form of a nutrient, a delivery system that is more advanced, or a form that is more bioavailable. Not all branded ingredients are great, but Mind Lab Pro® has taken the time to identify and source the best branded nootropics in the world.

BioGenesis™ vitamins and minerals were developed by Mind Lab Pro®’s parent company, Opti-Nutra, Ltd. and are only available in Mind Lab Pro® and Performance Lab® supplements. BioGenesis™ “grows” vitamins and minerals in a sterile, state-of-the-art laboratory setting using proprietary technology that mirrors nutritional genesis in nature.

Mind Lab Pro® uses BioGenesis™ vitamins B6, B9 and B12 for their brain health support and superior bioavailability. B-vitamins are important for sharp cognition, but become more difficult to absorb with age: Suboptimal B-vitamin levels are relatively common. The BioGenesis™ B6+B9+B12 in the Mind Lab Pro® stack addresses this concern with easy-to-absorb B-vitamins that more efficiently restores the healthy levels associated with peak mental performance.

Mind Lab Pro® is the World’s Cleanest Nootropic Supplement. “Clean Label” is another way of stating this; by looking at Mind Lab Pro®’s label and supplement facts, you can see pure, premium, top-shelf ingredients and a notable absence of unnecessary additives.

Sometimes additives are necessary to maintain supplement quality. Mind Lab Pro® uses one additive only: NuFlow® Rice Concentrate, which functions as a natural flow agent during the manufacturing process. Many brain supplement manufacturers use far more additives, including artificial additives that may be counterproductive to brain health. For example, some artificial colors have been shown to be neurotoxic; and some artificial preservatives have been shown to harm friendly microflora in the gut, potentially disrupting the gut-brain axis that is closely tied to healthy mood. Mind Lab Pro® feels that synthetic additives that may harm nerve and brain health have no place in a nootropic supplement.

Yes. All the ingredients in Mind Lab Pro® are safe and legal, all over the world. Mind Lab Pro® is also free of banned substances highlighted by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), so it can be taken as a safe, legal cognitive performance-enhancer by professional, amateur and collegiate athletes and gamers.

Plantcaps® are the premium, natural, 100% vegan capsules that deliver Mind Lab Pro®’s 11 brain-boosting nootropics. Plantcaps® are made from pullulan, a type of natural fermented tapioca. Plantcaps® dissolve easily, completely and comfortably in the digestive system, helping to optimize absorption and utilization of Mind Lab Pro®’s nootropics. Plantcaps® also naturally supply a small amount of prebiotic nutrition that may further promote healthy, comfortable digestion. Plantcaps® are the most pure and natural capsules on the market. Some manufacturers use “cellulose” capsules that look natural, but don’t be fooled – they are actually made with a semi-synthetic polymer that doesn’t fit many natural lifestyles.

Mind Lab Pro® believes that clean supplement manufacturing should include clean environmental practices. Mind Lab Pro® bottles are 100% recyclable, made from 20% post-consumer content. We also use eco-friendly shipping practices, such as biodegradable boxes and packing peanuts.

Where possible, we use eco-friendly ingredients – such as Sharp-PS® Green Phosphatidylserine, which is produced using a patented environmentally conscious process. Plus, our BioGenesis™ B-vitamins have set a new standard in eco-friendly essentials – because they are grown in a laboratory under tightly controlled conditions, BioGenesis™ nutrients avoid the use of the pesticides, herbicides, destructive mining and massive carbon footprint that is associated with producing other vitamin and mineral forms.

Mind Lab Pro® underwent a formula upgrade in August of 2017 that replaced vinpocetine and pterostilbene with Vitamin B9 as BioGenesis™ and Maritime Pine Bark (standardized for 95% proanthocyanidins). In adding Vitamin B9, Mind Lab Pro® now supplies a B6+B9+B12 mini-stack that includes the three most widely studied B-vitamins for brain health, all of which are needed for metabolizing the circulating homocysteine that may contribute to cognitive decline.

Vinpocetine was included in an earlier version of Mind Lab Pro® as a cerebral circulation-booster; mounting evidence suggests Maritime Pine Bark is superior – it helps enhance blood flow to the brain while supplying more diverse brain-supportive bioactivities than vinpocetine, including promoting neurogenesis and protecting the brain from the destructive effects of toxic free radicals.

No… sorry. Mind Lab Pro® is a superior quality supplement with many premium and luxury ingredients. We never cut corners on quality to save money. But we do cut out all freebies and package stuffers in order to keep this exceptional formula affordable. Instead of freebies, Mind Lab Pro® is happy to offer a risk-free, ”empty bottle,” money-back guarantee – which we think far better than a few free capsules, anyway.

Mind Lab Pro® was designed and formulated in the United Kingdom; it is manufactured in a state-of-the-art, FDA-registered and GMP-certified facility in New Jersey, USA. To learn more about our American manufacturing arm, Opti-Nutra™ Ltd., and the Mind Lab Pro® manufacturing process, visit www.optinutra.com.

We choose to not sell Mind Lab Pro® on Amazon for a few reasons. Amazon is not always discerning about which nootropics can be featured on its site, and we do not want Mind Lab Pro® to appear alongside (and therefore be associated with) low-quality junk products. Amazon is also a ”Wild West” environment in ways, where reviews are easily manipulated by jealous competitors. Finally, our MindLabPro.com website is just a far better place to buy Mind Lab Pro®, since this is the home of all the information customers are looking for to understand our formula – far more information than would be allowed on Amazon.

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